State-owned Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd said on Monday that it has acquired the remaining 75 percent stake it does not own in a mining project in western Africa's Sierra Leone. Shandong Steel had earlier acquired a 25 percent ...
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Diversified iron ore developer London Mining said Monday it produced 900,000 mt of iron ore from the Marampa operation in Sierra Leone in the first quarter, up 17% from Q4 2013, while it looked for a minority investor to help it cope with ...
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BC Iron reported Monday a 9% increase in iron ore exports over January-March to 1.22 million mt from its Nullagine 75:25 joint venture with Fortescue Metals Group from 1.12 million mt a year earlier. The exports were, however, down 20% ...
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Domestic spot prices of high carbon ferrochrome (50% basis Cr) in China were unchanged week-on-week at Yuan 6,600-6,800/mt (81-83.5 cents/lb) delivered with 17% VAT on Wednesday as the market waited for May purchase prices from the ...
There's mounting evidence to support the idea that this spring might be a repeat of last year's cool, wet season that had some farmers planting corn and soybeans well into June. The last few days have seen about the best planting ...
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Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced its production results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended March 31, 2014, lifting its iron ore production guidance for the financial year 2013-14 by five million mt to 217 ...
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UK-based London Mining, a global diversified miner targeting the steel sector, has announced its financial results for 2013, posting a net loss of $24.9 million, compared to a net loss of $107.8 million in the previous year. The company's ...
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Australian mining company BHP Billiton has announced its financial results for the half year ended December 31, 2013. According to its financial statement, BHP Billiton posted a net profit of US$8.1 billion for the first half of the ...
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For those with running water in their homes, water is light, rolls right through the fingers, easily pours out of the faucet, and gives us hygiene and hydration in minutes so that we go on about our day. For families without such access, ...
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UK-based London Mining, a global diversified miner targeting the steel sector, has announced that it has revised down its production guidance for 2013 to 3.3 to 3.4 million wet mt from 3.6 to 3.9 million wet mt, due to a negative stockpile ...
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London Mining (LM) saw a considerable year-on-year increase of 250% in third-quarter iron ore concentrate output from its Marampa mine in Sierra Leone to 948,000 wet mt, according to the company's production report. However, compared with ...
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African Minerals continues to ramp up production at the Tonkolili iron ore mine in Sierra Leone. But, due to the impact of the extended wet season, it is likely that shipped production for the full year will fall below previous guidance. ...
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